Category: Women artists
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Luisa Roldán: one of the most talented baroque sculptors
Luisa Roldán, known as La Roldana (1652–1706), was one of the greatest sculptors of the Spanish Baroque. She became a… Read more.
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Kassia the hymnographer: the most famous Byzantine woman composer
Abbess, composer, poet, philosopher…and protofeminist: Saint Kassia (c.810–c.865) was a multi-talented woman and one of the most prominent female voices in… Read more.
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The first women painters in the history of western art: echoes of antiquity
The first woman painter will forever remained anonymous. She likely painted on the walls of a cave. More evidence is… Read more.
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Erinna: one of the most famous women poets of ancient Greece
Erinna (fl. c. 350 BCE) was the second most celebrated woman poet of ancient Greece after Sappho. She left behind… Read more.